Imad was born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised during three decades of violence and tumult. At times, his family of five went about their lives; learning, educating, and conducting usual business. Yet, these times were punctuated by random episodic violence that would send citizens into local bomb shelters. Imad and his wife met in medical school and came to the US to complete their training. They served in rural Maine as a step in their path to citizenship. Today Imad works at Central Maine Medical Center as an infectious disease specialist and lives with his wife and two sons in Cumberland, ME.